Government tried to rent a CASTLE to put up illegal immigrants as 1,000 arrive daily

MINISTERS tried to rent a castle to put up illegal migrants, we can reveal.

The move came as more than 1,000 arrived in Britain in small boats on Sunday.

Statistics show 1,065 made the Channel journey in 25 vessels.

That was the fourth time in just seven weeks that the total hit four figures in a single day.

More than 34,000 boat migrants have arrived in the UK this year.

Meanwhile it has been reported the Home Office asked owners of Camelot Castle Hotel in Tintagel, Cornwall, if they could rent rooms for migrants and refugees.

Owner John Mappin says he was offered a £1million deal for the £256-a-night rooms but turned officials down as he feared the place would be trashed.

There are currently more than 33,000 asylum seekers in the UK costing taxpayers £5million a day.

The Home Office yesterday refused to comment on individual operational sites.

Last week PM Liz Truss and France’s President Emmanuel Macron vowed to redouble their efforts to tackle illegal migration.

Home Secretary Suella Braverman and her French counterpart are set to reveal an “ambitious package of measures” within weeks, including more money for drones and surveillance to help catch people smugglers.

New laws are also planned to speed up deportations.

A Government spokesman said: “The number of people arriving in the UK who require accommodation has reached record levels and has put our asylum system under incredible strain.

The continued rise of dangerous Channel crossings is a clear abuse of our immigration laws.”